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White Storm: The Story of Real Madrid (Mainstream Sport)

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I was really looking forward to Phil Ball's take on the greatest soccer club team in the world after Morbo--his brilliant history of Spanish soccer--but this was a tad disappointing. It's a good book, for sure, but I didn't get the relevance of references to how each Real Madrid great rated on the 100th anniversary fan poll. I also thought there'd be more than a little over 200 pages. I understand brevity but this book deserved about 200 more pages.

Whereas Barca--A People's Passion by Jimmy Burns rocked. This history of their great rivals fell a bit flat despite a lot of good info in here. It just needed more fleshing out to get a greater feel for each era in the club's history.

Must read for any real madrid fan who are into history. However Morbo (from same author) does better job of giving the whole perspective in LFP history.

I have to agree with Brian Maitland's review. In addition, I can't believe this book does not have a single photo. I mean, a book on one of the most important soccer teams in history and not ONE photograph? That is just ridiculous...